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DynamoDB

Performance Comparison

Database query times and total request latency measured from 15 global locations.
Tests run every hour through Cloudflare Workers. Lower numbers indicate better performance.

Location
Cloudflare KVCloudflare KV
Firebase RealtimeFirebase Realtime
DynamoDBDynamoDB
DB Query Time
Load
DB Query Time
Load
DB Query Time
Load
US flagus-west-1
US flagus-east-1
CA flagca-central-1
BR flagsa-east-1
DE flageu-central-1
GB flageu-west-2
FR flageu-west-3
SE flageu-north-1
IT flageu-south-1
ZA flagaf-south-1
SG flagap-southeast-1
JP flagap-northeast-1
HK flagap-east-1
AU flagap-southeast-2
KR flagap-northeast-2

FAQ

All primary databases are located in us-east-1 region.

Serverless Database features

Compare the features of the Serverless Database to help you choose the right one for your needs.

Feature
Cloudflare KVCloudflare KV
Firebase RealtimeFirebase Realtime
DynamoDBDynamoDB

Infrastructure, Underlying technology

Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine
N/A

Nodejs, Google Cloud, Scala

AWS infrastructure

Serverless Support

Serverless and Edge computing support

API

N/A

REST API

@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb, native support for Vercel Edge, Cloudflare Workers

Edge Functions

Serverless functions that run closer to the user, reducing latency and improving performance.
N/A

Cloud functions

Runs over HTTPS protocol, compatible with Edge runtimes.Native multi-regional edge support. You can define regions for each table

Developer Experience

Database type

N/A

OLTP, OLAP

OLTP

Data model

Databases store data in models, such as Relational, Columnar or Document based
N/A

Document based, NoSQL

key-value, NoSQL

CLI

Command Line Interface tools that allow developers to perform tasks and manage the tool via the command line.
N/A

Firebase CLI

AWS CLI tools

Languages, APIs

The languages supporting the database and API interface for inter-process communication
N/A

JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Java, C++, Objective-C

Supported by majority of languages including Node.js, Python, Java, Go, C#, C++

Query language

Supported query language such as SQL, MQL, PartiQL,
N/A

JSON

PartiQL (JSON like syntax)

ACID compliant

ACID is a set of properties of database transactions intended to guarantee data validity despite errors, power failures, and other mishaps
N/A
ACID compliant

Self-hosting

Support for self-hosted Database instance
N/A
Doesn't have support
Doesn't have support, Only for local development

Backups

N/A

Point-in-time recovery (PITR) provides continuous backups of your DynamoDB table data. When enabled, DynamoDB maintains incremental backups of your table for the last 35 days until you explicitly turn it off.

Security & Compliance Offerings

SOC2

Service Organization Control 2 compliance for managing customer data.
N/A
Apart from App indexing

Multi-factor authentication

Support of the cloud-histed database for multi-factor authentication
N/A

Encryption

Cryptographic security at rest and on transportation level
N/A

HTTPS, TLS

All your data in DynamoDB is encrypted in transit, HTTPS, TLS

SSO

N/A
SAML-based SSO solution

Monitoring and analytics

Log retention

Query log retention usually keeps lofs of operations for debugging and replication purposes
N/A
Document level history 30 days retention

AWS CloudTrail for operation logs

Statistics

Tools and APIs for analysing and monitoring of Database performance
N/A

Web based monitoring tools

Amazon CloudWatch to monitor performance metrics

Scalability

Replication and Partitioning

N/A

Region groups

"Global tables", Multi-region replication